Ephesians 1:11-12

I'm just sort of feeling down on myself tonight. Instead of finding my worth in Jesus, I'm looking for outside sources to tell me I'm special. In some way or another, most of my blogs are about this issue. I'm struggling so much for attention from everyone in this world, that I am forgetting that my worth can only be found in Jesus. It's so easy to say that, but so difficult to feel it. I just want to hear words of praise and consolation from human lips, but no combination of words spoken by a mortal toungue can make me feel worthy. My sense of worth is not coming from Christ, but instead, everyone else. Not only is this paying it's toll on me, but it is on the people closest to me as well. But I have a sneaking suspicion that I am not the only one falling to this. Everybody wants to be praised and told that they're something special, and if you think this excludes you, it doesn't. Because at some point, you yearn to hear words of encouragement and consolation from someone other than God. We all do.

In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory.
Ephesians 1:11-12

In other words, God chose us individually when He planned creation. How amazing, that we were chosen to be a part of something so much bigger than ourselves. When I put everything in perspective, it doesn't really matter if I get praise from others or not. I was chosen when God decided to create life. He knew who I was, and loved me long before I was even born. Nothing can be more flattering (and humbling) than that!

-Kristen